When I got into the C208B (finally) for my cargo company, I noticed a small left rolling tendency which I fixed with a SMALL adjustment to the aileron trim in the plane. Since doing that, I haven’t had to set it again so apparently the trim setting carries over from one flight to the next?
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Which is weird because in coordinated flight, the relative wind is always right on the nose.
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Yes but the turbulence is not isotropic, so the effect to the AP ability to hold steady may be different.
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I misspoke. What I was TRYING to say was the severity of the Dutch Roll depended on the prevailing wind’s relative bearing. A wind 7 degrees off your intended course gave you a much different Dutch Roll severity than, say, a wind 15 degrees off your course.
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I noticed in this Caravan it’s possible to start and fly with both fuel tank selectors to off. No warning or engine shutting down.
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With selectors off there is still fuel present in the reservoir- if it runs indefinitely that’s not correct but if it still runs for a minute or two before dying that’s not necessarily incorrect behavior. There should absolutely be a warning chime going off when both selectors are off and the avionics are on though.
I noticed the fuel selectors being off recently. Normally I fly the Black Square where the fuel selectors are in the off position before start. The Asobo has the fuel selectors standard in the On position where I made the mistake of switching them to off which gave zero problems. Today I flew from Denver to Leadville, at least a half an hour of airtime and a lot of climbing. Shutting the Cessna again, my mistake, fuel selectors were in the off position. Checking again tomorrow but for now looks like a bug.